42I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—


In Context

39 I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'

40 He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.

41 Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'

42 I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—

43 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, |Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,|

44 and she will tell me, |Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,|—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master's son.'

Genesis 24:42 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:42"When I came to the spring today, I said, 'O Lord , God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came to day to the well of water, and said: O Lord God of my master Abraham, if thou hast prospered my way, wherein I now walk,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day to the well, and said, Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper my way on which I go,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day to the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou dost prosper my way which I go:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:42And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day to the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go: